Vladimir Petrek

Vladimir Petrek (19 June 1908-5 September 1942) was an Orthodox Christian priest from Prague, Czechoslovakia who gave shelter to the Czechoslovak Resistance assassins who took part in Operation Anthropoid in 1942. He was executed by the Nazis for assisting the resistance.

Biography
Vladimir Petrek was born in Olmutz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Olomouc, Czech Republic) on 19 June 1908. He became an Orthodox Christian priest at the Czech Orthodox Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague, and he offered shelter to Czechoslovak Resistance fighters in 1942 after their assassination of the brutal SS leader Reinhard Heydrich. In doing so, Petrek put his own life on the line, and he was arrested after the SS discovered his assistance of the resistance. Petrek was executed at Kobylisy, Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia on 5 September 1942.